Guar Seed (Cluster Bean)
Sow in June, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 309 acres here. Sold at 2 mandis in your district.
₹13,000–₹20,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹7,000–₹13,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 390 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 430 mm it can use in a normal year, and 290 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 25–35 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 40 °C / 29 °C
- Jul 34 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
Soil
Soil for Guar Seed (Cluster Bean): 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen, sulphur and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 7.5–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.3 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (October 2026): about ₹7,126 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹7,700 a quintal, the middle of 26 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹12,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹4,680 2022
- ₹4,870 2023
- ₹4,020 2025
Prices are usually best in October.
Typical costs are about ₹6,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 4.7 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 37%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 24%